The popular website Realtor.com says Stockton is one of the hottest real estate markets in the country right now.

The popular website Realtor.com says Stockton is one of the hottest real estate markets in the country right now.

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Updated: 7:16 PM PDT May 27, 2016

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WEBVTT AND FREEWAY ACCESS TO LARGER CITIES ARE THE MAIN REASONS. HOME BUYING IS IN FULL SWING. A REPORT FROM REALTOR.COM SAYS THE STOCKTON METROPOLITAN AREA RANKS NUMBER FIVE AS THE MOST POPULAR PLACES TO BUY. >> THERE ARE LOVELY HOMES IN STOCKTON. WE HAVE GATED COMMUNITITES. MELINDA: STEPHANIE RODRIGUEZ HAS BEEN A REALTOR IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY FOR THE PAST THREE DECADES. SHE HAS SEEN THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THE MARKET, LIKE IN 2010. >> WE WERE NUMBER ONE IN FORECLOSURES IN THE NATION. SINCE THEN PROPERTIES INCREASED IN VALUES. WE WERE PUT ON THE MAP. MELINDA: AND SINCE INTEREST RATES ARE LOW, PEOPLE ARE BUYING NOW. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF NEW HOMES BUILT IN SURROUNDING AREAS IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY INCLUDING MANTECA AND LATHROP. THIS DEVELOPMENT AT RIVER ISLANDS IN LATHROP IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR. REALTOR SAY LOW PRICES ARE NOT THE ONLY ATTRACTION. THEY SAY EASY FREEWAY ACCESS TO THE BAY AREA IS BRINGING IN PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTIES TO BUY HERE. >> IT'S AN EASY COMMUTE HERE TO THE BAY AREA. >> I COULD BUY A HOUSE TWICE AS BIG HERE THAN FROM THE BAY AREA. MELINDA: HOUSES IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY ARE LISTED IN THE $300,000'S, $400,000'S, AND $500,000'S. REALTORS SAY YOU COULD GET MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK AND MORE BUYERS ARE LOOKING TO SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY. >> I'M NOT SURPRISED AT ALL. THE PRICES ARE PRICED VERY WELL.

Stockton is 5th hottest real estate market

The popular website Realtor.com says Stockton is one of the hottest real estate markets in the country right now.